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This team is dedicated to sharing business advice in a supportive environment. From the day you first set up your shop to the day you think about quitting your day job, there's so much to learn. Luckily, one of the best things about selling on Etsy is the support and encouragement from other sellers.

Whether you’re brand new to selling on Etsy or you can count the years on both of your hands, you probably have some milestones that you’d like to celebrate with all of us. Post your milestone in this thread. Every month, we'll highlight some of our favorite posts, so join the celebrations!

Please also introduce yourself in your post if you’re new to the Etsy Success Team—describe what you sell and how long your shop has been open.

Here are some examples of milestones (but remember that all personal milestones big or small are worthy of celebrating!):

• You made your 1st sale / 1st international sale / 1st custom order
• You reached (x) # of sales
• You added (x) # of listings in your shop
• You have (x) # of views / favorites / admirers
• You received positive feedback from a buyer
• Your shop was featured in the press or in social media
• You recently opened your shop
• You’re celebrating your Etsyversary
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Yay I made my first sale! It was for my amigurumi panga panda pattern.

I made sales offsite before, but it felt different as they were friends who were buying them. It feels great to know that someone I don't know likes my products!
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LindasOtherLife
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Just listed my 50th item!
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Hi Everyone! Happy New Year! I reached my 250 sale milestone on Dec.10. I rewarded my customer with a Free Pair of Earrings. Thanks to Etsy!
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Hi everyone!

I am celebrating my very first international sale! My other two sales have been to friends/family so it's a huge boost to my confidence (and a bit of a relief frankly) to have someone I don't know, that lives on the other side of the world, purchase one of my prints - thank you Etsy!!
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Celebrating my 125th sale! Onward to 150 and then, dare I hope?, by year's end.... 200?

Congrats to everyone on their successes!
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AphenaJewelry
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This may be silly but I am 1 away from having 100 admirers. I know there are many reasons people will favorite a shop - I like to believe at least a percentage do because they like my pretties. Just feels good. :-)
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I'm celebrating because I was officially "booked" as a featured artist for an upcoming RAW event, here in San Francisco. Could lead to celebrating a milestone for me here on etsy. One can hope :)

http://www.rawartists.org/artatomic
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I just reached 80 sales! I'm so excited!
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congrats to ARTATOMIC that's fantastic. what is the RAW event? will look at site

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Woke up this morning and found myself featured on Etsy's Facebook page and Twitter feed. Thanks for the shout out Etsy!
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Just hit 600 sales today!!

i also want to add that I am so grateful for Etsy Holiday Boot Camp. I met my buddy through a discussion and we have actually become really good friends chatting even NOW, after Christmas.
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Woohoo! I just made my 100th sale!
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Yay 10th sale in 10 days! ^_^
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Hi everyone! I'm very excited to announce that I was accepted into The Artisan Group. They provide celebrity gift bags at several events including The Golden Globes and the Oscars. Yay!!

http://www.theartisangroup.org/
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I just mailed out my first order! *kermit flail*
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155 sales. Yay!!!
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With so many threads devoted to answering questions and problem-solving (which are FABULOUS in their own right), it is very nice to have a thread devoted solely to celebrating!

I opened my Etsy shop in August 2012 and just had my 75th sale this past weekend! This is more than I ever expected...I have all of the splendid advice offered in this team to thank for that!

I am so pleased to be a part of the Etsy community, and I wish you all the best of luck in your shops!

~Hannah
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We are totally thrilled to be announcing our 100th sale within 4 months of starting.
Never believed it could be this easy to make and sell our own goods.
Can't wait to see what's achievable in 2013!!
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Hello

Since you said we could share blog posts, one of mine made the New York Times Small Business Blog yesterday, their wrap-up of the week's best posts:

The post is called "Examples of Product Copy That Sells". I was pretty happy!

http://attention-getting.com/2013/01/08/examples-of-good-product-copy-courtesy-of-apartmenttherapy-c...
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Our 100th sale today! We really started working on our store last Jan., so 100 sales in just about a year. WooHoo!
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I sold 1050 items in 2012 in local stores- but 0 on etsy- any advice for improving my website? I am planning on expanding the items I sell - to include letter openers, make-up cases, and purse hooks.
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I discovered how EASY it is shipping International packages from here on Etsy! Before, it was not fun, going to the Post Office, trying to find the form (why do they move it all the time??) and standing in line. Yay!!!

Congrats to all the successes here on Etsy!

Sarah, I love cloth napkins! I'm a recent convert and wonder why I didn't do it long ago~

Jill, I'm wondering, have you tried using the 2nd picture on your items? I think it shows how wonderful your wine stoppers are. Just a thought!
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I just reached 70 sales yesterday (today 71!). I never thought I would be at this point, and it is very exciting. Things were really slow-going for me when I started out (sometimes I went for over a month with out sales), but ever since just before this Christmas season, the sales have been fairly steady (1-2 per week, which is a lot for me).
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After the feedback that I received in this team and 6 days later after redoing my titles and etc. a have a new sale ^^ Before that I didn't have a single sale maybe more than 6 months....
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Jill from @NaturesPresents, that's awesome about selling so much in real time venues, Crasy about being here since 2010 with no sales!! I think Diana from @Studiodct is right, take better pictures. People need to see the whole item.

First let me say that I love working on my items and shop and wish that I was able to support myself like this full time!

I'm celebrating a few "almosts", almost at 300 sales, almost 200% positive feedback, almost 800 admirers...not bad.

I did get my first international sale the other day, hoping it goes smoothly. And I'm up to 102 listings!

Good luck to everyone!
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